A Tecumseh man is lodged in the Lenawee County Jail following arraignment in district court Monday on a felony charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer.

An April 15 preliminary examination was set for William Jarrett Dotson, 22, of Tecumseh. He remains in jail with bond set at $50,000.

According to a report released Tuesday by the Tecumseh Police Department, officers were called at 11:50 p.m. Thursday to the parking lot and grassy field behind the Southwestern Drive Apartments off Southwestern Drive. Complaining witnesses said a group of apparently intoxicated people were loud and disturbing the neighborhood.

As they arrived, officers saw Dotson staggering in the field and saw him fall over. When they went to check on him, he allegedly took a roundhouse punch, hitting an officer in the shoulder. Then, after the officer attempted to grab him, Dotson allegedly hit him on the side of the face and ran off. While pursuing, the officer fired his Taser, but only one of the barbs hit Dotson and he kept running.

Officers were able to apprehend him in a section of the parking lot and handcuffed him, though they had to carry him part of the way to the patrol car. He was taken to ProMedica Herrick Hospital for treatment, as he was bleeding from the Taser barb. The officer did not require treatment.

After being released from the hospital, Dotson was taken to the Lenawee County Jail where he submitted to a preliminary breath test that showed blood-alcohol level was 0.196. He was lodged on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct with the felony warrant authorized later.